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Definition of From
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From
Out of the neighborhood of; lessening or losing proximity to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state, occurrence, etc., or procedure, emanation, absence, separation, etc., are to be expressed. It is construed with, and indicates, the point of space or time at which the action, state, etc., are regarded as setting out or beginning; also, less frequently, the source, the cause, the occasion, out of which anything proceeds; -- the aritithesis and correlative of to; as, it, is one hundred miles from Boston to Springfield; he took his sword from his side; light proceeds from the sun; separate the coarse wool from the fine; men have all sprung from Adam, and often go from good to bad, and from bad to worse; the merit of an action depends on the principle from which it proceeds; men judge of facts from personal knowledge, or from testimony. Related Definitions:
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From Quotations
Home is where one starts from. T. S. Eliot One returns to the place one came from. Jean de La Fontaine I really create everything I do from the heart. Kenny G Number is different from quantity. Gregory Bateson I find love from time to time. Lynn Redgrave |
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From Translations
from in Afrikaans is uit, van ... af, vanaf from in Dutch is sedert, met ingang van, vanaf from in German is von, aus, von from in Italian is da, dalla, dalla, dalla from in Latin is de from in Portuguese is de from in Spanish is de |
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